Word: carlton
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...evening the visitors were sumptuously entertained by the Foot-Ball Association of Canada at the "Carlton." Speeches were made, toasts were drunk, songs were sung, and the occasion was made one of the pleasantest, if not one of the most inexpensive, features of a foot-ball match...
After the game the visitors partook of a lunch furnished by the McGill men at the "Carlton." The little time remaining forbade long speeches, and admonished rapid eating; for the train started at three o'clock. Delegates from McGill and from the Association accompanied the team to the depot, and after much hearty hand-shaking the train left amid British cheers and Harvard 'Rahs. No Harvard man can forget the good-will and good cheer which he received from many warm-hearted friends in Montreal...
...Whiting acted respectively as umpires for Canada and Harvard; Mr. R. M. Esdaile was referee; Mr. Clouston acted as Captain for the Canada team, and Mr. Hall for the Harvard team. On Saturday evening the Harvard team and their friends were entertained at a dinner given at the Carlton Club, Mr. E. A. Whitehead, President of the Montreal Foot-Ball Club, presiding. Speeches were made, toasts were drunk, and songs were sung, until a late hour, when the party broke up, after singing "Auld Lang Syne." The team returned to Cambridge on Monday, with most enthusiastic accounts of their trip...
...good actor as yet, but has a serviceable tenor voice, fresh, strong, and reasonably well cultivated. Mr. Clarke, the third tenor or falsetto or whatever he is to be called, acts poorly and walks in a waddle; his voice does not show traces of overwork. Mr. Carlton, the baritone, though now affected and awkward in his acting, gives promise of becoming one of the best American baritones. His singing and Mr. Hill's are most excellent. Mr. Seguin, who has not had a note in his voice these forty years, remains funny. The chorus and orchestra are good...